Ernie Anastos got off to a fast start in his inaugural Ch. 5 broadcast Tuesday. Anastos and Rosanna Scotto snared 621,000 viewers at 10 p.m. – up 69 percent from the previous Tuesday (367,000 viewers), outdelivering both its 10 p.m. competition (in total viewers and demos) and the 11 p.m. newscasts on Chs. 2, 4 and 7 (in adults 18-49 and 25-54).

Ch. 2 insiders, meanwhile, say the station’s 5 p.m. news numbers are up “dramatically” since the arrival of Jim Rosenfield, who co-anchors 5 and 11 p.m. with Roz Abrams. Not much change at 11 p.m.

On the national level, the “NBC Nightly News,” anchored by Brian Williams, won last week in total viewers (8.1 million), marking its 52nd consecutive weekly win – the first time it’s accomplished this since May 2000 through April 2001.

* Radio: WFUV’s Pete Fornatale (formerly of WNEW, back in the day) is celebrating 40 years on the air in New York. And Lite FM’s JJ Kennedy kicks off the first of seven “Broadway in Bryant Park” shows today (12:30 p.m.).